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USS Corsair (SS 435)

- later AGSS 435 -
- decommissioned -

One of the TENCH - class submarines, the USS CORSAIR was the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. Redesignated as AGSS 435 in April 1960, the CORSAIR was both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on February 1, 1963. The submarine was sold for scrapping on October 21, 1963.

General Characteristics:Keel laid: March 1, 1945
Launched: May 3, 1946
Commissioned: November 8, 1946
Decommissioned: February 1, 1963
Builder: Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, CT.
Propulsion system: three diesel engines (two main and one aux.), two electric motors
Propellers: two
Length: 312 feet (95.1 meters)
Beam: 27.2 feet (8.3 meters)
Draft: 15.4 feet (4.7 meters)
Displacement: Surfaced: approx. 2,000 tons     Submerged: approx. 2,415 tons
Speed: Surfaced: approx. 20.25 knots     Submerged: approx. 8.75 knots
Armament: ten 533 mm torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft)
Crew: 10 Officers, 71 Enlisted


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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS CORSAIR. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.


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History of USS CORSAIR:

USS CORSAIR was launched 3 May 1946 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; sponsored by Mrs. O. M. Hustvedt; commissioned 8 November 1946, Commander A. S. Fuhrman in command, and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.

Following a shakedown cruise in which she visited Havana, Panama, Trinidad, and Rio de Janeiro, CORSAIR was assigned to Submarine Squadron 8 and operated out of New London on type training and provided services to ships of other types until June 1947 when she entered the Electric Boat Co. yard for the installation of a new type of sound gear. On 31 July 1947, she sank the old submarine rescue vessel CHEWINK (ASR 3) in a torpedo experiment.

From 15 November 1947, CORSAIR provided services to the Submarine School at New London, cruising to the Caribbean several times, until April 1949 when she was assigned to Submarine Development Group 2. She sailed from New London 18 July with the rest of her group on a cruise which took them to Northern Ireland, Portsmouth, England and Arctic waters. One of her group, COCHINO (SS 345), was lost 26 August from a battery explosion and fire killing a total of seven sailors.

CORSAIR returned to New London 15 September to continue local operations with the development group. Their duties included providing services to the sound laboratory at Portsmouth, and participating in large scale submarine exercises, including another in northern waters from 27 October to 24 November 1952 during which they visited Reykjavik, Iceland.

CORSAIR was detached from the development group in March 1954, and went into a "reduced complement" status. Continuing to operate out of New London, she provided services to the Submarine School; Commander Destroyers, Atlantic; and Commander, Air, Atlantic. She also conducted reserve training cruises, participated in Caribbean exercises, and operated with the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In the summer of 1959, she joined in operation "Inland Sea," passing through the St. Lawrence Seaway to join in ceremonies dedicating the new waterway and to visit Great Lakes ports. She returned to operations from New London through 1960.

Redesignated as AGSS 435 in April 1960, the CORSAIR was both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on 1 February 1963. The submarine was sold later that year.


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